The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/navand on 2025-03-29 00:40:11.
Here's what I want:
- See a single drive (eg. E:) in Windows.
- Single drive is two (or three) internal HDDs automatically cloned/duplicated. They're not the system drive.
- No BitLocker or any encryption, so I can just unplug and reconnect elsewhere if I ever care to or have to (whatever needs 'secrecy' gets it through other means).
- Main concern is local redundancy against hard drive failure. This is for long-term storage of rarely-accessed things and single-drive SATA 3 read speeds are presumed enough.
- Secondary goal is user friendliness/simplicity.
Here's what I wish to avoid:
- Command line.
- Anything Linux/FreeBSD.
- File systems other than NTFS.
- Protection from deleting files by mistake (for the sake of the solution's simplicity).
- Having to learn skills and commands that I'll forget a year after setting things up.
If my technical skills are relevant, I can code and build a PC, but know little about networking. I understand the idea of RAID but have never done it. I am invariably mistrustful of and repulsed by cloud storage.
So, is Drivepool the ideal solution for a storage casual? Is there a better alternative? Have I missed something?